Cranial subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage caused by spinal melanoma metastasis

Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Feb;33(1):110-111. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1301376. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Abstract

A 73-year-old female with a history of metastatic melanoma presented with extensive intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage. Cranial imaging failed to reveal any vascular anomaly or tumour. MRI of the neuroaxis revealed a melanoma metastasis at T10 with associated subarachnoid haemorrhage. We review the literature on this rare presentation of subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Keywords: Subarachnoid haemorrhage; malignant melanoma; spinal haemorrhage; spinal tumour.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hematoma, Subdural / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Spinal Neoplasms*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology*